This exquisite textile meditation emerges from the marriage of time and craft, where countless French knots bloom like golden stars across the surface of antique linen. The circular form radiates outward in perfect symmetry, each hand-embroidered stitch a prayer, a breath, a moment of concentrated presence. Against the deep velvet darkness that frames it, the gilded circle becomes a portal—simultaneously ancient and eternal.

The texture speaks of patience and devotion, where hundreds of tiny knots create a constellation of contemplation. Each stitch represents time made tangible, meditation made manifest through the repetitive, rhythmic act of creation. The warm golden hues catch and hold light like captured sunbeams, while the weathered patina of the antique linen whispers stories of its previous life.

To me, a circle is the perfect metaphor for your artistic vision—it is completion without end, the eternal return, the breath that flows in and out in endless cycles. It represents the universe in its most essential form: boundless, continuous, and whole. In your hands, this circle becomes a mandala of mindfulness, where the viewer's eye travels inward toward the center, then outward to infinity, creating a visual meditation that mirrors the very act of its creation.

This piece transforms humble materials into something transcendent—a golden sun captured in textile form, inviting quiet contemplation and inner stillness.

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Ph by @sara_apostoli and @mannoch